Improvement in bottle-fillers



W. S. PADDOCK. -B0tt1e-Fi 11er.

No. 212,494. .Patentgd Feb. 18, 1829'.

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ETER- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM S. PADDOOK, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES C. BUTLER, OFSAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-Fl LL-ERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,494, dated February18, 1879; application filed July 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM S. PADDOCK, of the city and county ofAlbany, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedBottle-Filler, of which the following is a specification:

Figure lis a longitudinal vertical section of my improved bottle-filler.Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to apparatus for filling bottles; and it consistsin a series of measures attached to a common receiver, and provided withvalved discharge-nozzles, the said measures being supported in asuitable frame, which is provided with a drawer which contains as manybottles as there are measures.

Referring to the drawings, A is a frame, to which is fitted a drawer, B,which is comparted so as to contain a convenient number of bottles forfilling at one time. In the present case there are six.

To the top of the frame A is hinged a plate, 0, which forms the bottomof all of the measures D. The number of measures corresponds with thenumber of bottles in the drawer, and from the bottom of each measure anozzle, E, projects into the bottle immediately below the measure.

The bottom 0, in the present case, is made double, and between the twoparts there is an apertured plate or valve, F, which may be moved so asto open or close all of the nozzles E.

I have employed this form of valve in the present case; but I do notconfine myself to this construction, as a stopcock may be placed in eachnozzle, and the entire series of cocks may be connected together, sothat they may be operated simultaneously.

A receiver, G,is connected with the tops of the measures, and one end ofit is made deeper than the main portion to receive the surplus liquid,which is conveyed away in the pipe a.

' The measures contain a snfficient quantity of liquid to fill thebottles to the required height. I

The operation of filling is as follows: The measures are thrown back,and the drawer B, containing the bottles, is placed in the frame. Themeasures are thrown into position, and, the nozzles E being closed, themeasures D are filled by pouring the liquid into the receiver Gr. Byopening the stop-cock b in the tube a, the surplus liquid is allowed torun 01f. The valve F is now drawn so as to open the nozzles E, when thecontents of the measures will be discharged into the bottles.

The measures may be arranged to raise vertically instead of swinging onhinges, and other forms of valves may be employed in place of the valveF; therefore I do not limit or confine myself to the exact form orconstruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the frame A, having bottle-drawerB and hinged double bottom 0, with receiver G, having nozzled measures DE and apertured slide-plate F, as and for the purpose specified.

WVILLIAM S. PADDOOK.

Witnesses:

ISAAC H. VROOMAN, ALDEN CHESTER.

